Latest "children" stories

Marine Corps Reserve celebrates 75 years of Toys for Tots

The national initiative collects and distributes toys for children whose families may not have the means to buy them gifts for Christmas.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

4 months ago

Capt. Heidi Del Querra, left, and Maj. Elise D'Arcy, right, pose with aircraft while pregnant in recent photos. Both women obtained waivers to continue flying during pregnancy. Del Querra is a KC-10 Extender pilot in the Air Force Reserve; D'Arcy is a B-52H Stratofortress bomber weapons system officer and instructor at the Air Force Weapons School. (Courtesy of Heidi Del Querra and Elise D'Arcy)

Red tape, lack of awareness hinder Air Force’s effort to keep pregnant airmen flying

Fewer than 50 airmen have sought permission to fly while pregnant since 2019, Air Force Times has learned.

By Rachel S. Cohen

9 months ago

NCIS investigating deaths of 3 children at North Carolina Marine base

Three children died at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Saturday in two separate incidents.

By Diana Stancy Correll

9 months ago

Here’s how the Air Force rates public education services at your base

An Air Force analysis looks at academic performance, school climate and services at school districts serving all 157 installations.

By Karen Jowers

17 months ago

Pandemic adds strain on already stressful life of military kids: child psychologist

Congress should commission a long-term study on the pandemic's effects on military children's educational outcomes, compared to their civilian peers, researchers say.

By Karen Jowers

22 months ago

Up to 20,000 migrant kids may be sent to military bases

Dyess, Goodfellow, Fort Bliss and Little Rock are locations under consideration.

By Tara Copp and Leo Shane III

5 years ago